Safiya Vase II

A considered composition in porcelain, glass, crystal, and brass, the Safiya Vase II rises just over twenty inches with the quiet authority of a sculptural object that needs no arrangement around it. John Richard brings the materials into a layered dialogue — the translucency of glass and crystal held in tension with the weight of metal and the cool refinement of porcelain — resulting in a form that reads differently depending on the light. At once architectural and delicate, it belongs on a console, a mantel, or any surface that benefits from a singular, unhurried presence.